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that is when mitt romney picked up. more than a few republicans wondering why the campaign is not showcasing it ryan now front and center, for a campaign concerned about its base, renewed focus on one guy who still jazzes that base, ryan, get used to seeing him, including this very show tomorrow. paul ryan, my exclusive special guest. charlie gasparino, a lot of republicans have been saying, what took you so long, what to you think? >> well, from what i understand, prominent business republicans, have given a lot of money to mitt romney over the last you know year. and have access to him through direct lior intermedia, voicing their concern he is not using paul ryan enough, and that he is been muzzling paul ryan, this is reached a sort of crescendo, talk it pointed where ryan has had to dispel the rumor or notion, i should say, he has been muzzled. neil: he is speaking everywhere. but media decides if they want tto pay attention. >> but what is he saying? is he taking the fight to president obama, who according to busin
that is when mitt romney picked up. more than a few republicans wondering why the campaign is not showcasing it ryan now front and center, for a campaign concerned about its base, renewed focus on one guy who still jazzes that base, ryan, get used to seeing him, including this very show tomorrow. paul ryan, my exclusive special guest. charlie gasparino, a lot of republicans have been saying, what took you so long, what to you think? >> well, from what i understand, prominent business...
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from ryan earlier. >> i was a little bit confused yesterday, congressman, when mitt romney was talking about the tax cuts he was invisioning, they would not be as big as you think, when you factor out you know, how we would phase out exemptions and allowances and deductions it may not be the big tax cut a lot of people were looking forward to. is he trying to brace us for some bette bitter news. >> no, lower tax rate, triggers economic growth, when people ask about, whose tax loopholes are you go after? we say by closing tax shelters for higher income earners, that allows us to lower tax rates for everyone. middle income tax payers get higher take home pay, businesses get lower tax rates that helps theme compete globally, and create job, by denying tax shelters to hire income earning that means we can lower tax rates on everyone without losing revenue, we get more revenue because we continue will glow the economy, these kinds of pro growth tax reforms, ronald reagan and tip o'neill did it, we are proposing it that a pro growth sleuth t solution to gete back to work. neil: left out but
from ryan earlier. >> i was a little bit confused yesterday, congressman, when mitt romney was talking about the tax cuts he was invisioning, they would not be as big as you think, when you factor out you know, how we would phase out exemptions and allowances and deductions it may not be the big tax cut a lot of people were looking forward to. is he trying to brace us for some bette bitter news. >> no, lower tax rate, triggers economic growth, when people ask about, whose tax...
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put your plan on the table and pass that budget through congress, and mitt romney offered a plan, president obama hasn't done any of that. he disavowed bowles simpson and offered all the it i haves -- alternative plans. the even bowles simpson, it didn't address the primary driver of our debt. health care programs. starting going bankrupt. i don't want a pass a bill to fix the fiscal crisis when i know it doesn't fix the fiscal crisis. >> neil: he's saying it didn't go far enough. charles payne, ben stein, dagen mcdowell and adam lashinsky and charlie gasperino. >> i think it was a good place to start, to ryan's point, it was with respect to social security or medical spending, you know, and the ideal spending cap. if we adhere to spending caps we wouldn't be in this position in the first place, so i take his point although i think it would have been a good starting point for everyone to say, okay, let's start with this and then go from there. ben stein? >> we've gotten ourselves into a such a deep hole and everyone wants to avoid tax, tax, tax, we can't. yes, they've got it cut it, and goi
put your plan on the table and pass that budget through congress, and mitt romney offered a plan, president obama hasn't done any of that. he disavowed bowles simpson and offered all the it i haves -- alternative plans. the even bowles simpson, it didn't address the primary driver of our debt. health care programs. starting going bankrupt. i don't want a pass a bill to fix the fiscal crisis when i know it doesn't fix the fiscal crisis. >> neil: he's saying it didn't go far enough. charles...
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why the romney campaign does not leave a minute to spare. air and i was startled by the numbers but they need to get the ads out and fast? >> look at i would this week the obama campaign says more than 100,000 ballots are from democrats versus 40,000 republicans. the obama campaign will hit them again and again. neil: i don't know the record but generally it is reflective of the moment look at the polls in favor the president. if you are mitt romney you don't have the moment to spare. >> you need to make a move quick. early voters are the hard partisans mostly the vote will not change voting today universe sixth. as strong as the president's early voting program is as he invented the wheel so does the romney campaign and track it thoroughly. i expected to be competitive if he loses it is not due to the early voting program. but can he get ads on the ear pressed up to compete with the obama onslaught? neil: at the convention nassau lot of obama adds running six slate -- six /1. but they did seize the early initiative and but wonder if you are
why the romney campaign does not leave a minute to spare. air and i was startled by the numbers but they need to get the ads out and fast? >> look at i would this week the obama campaign says more than 100,000 ballots are from democrats versus 40,000 republicans. the obama campaign will hit them again and again. neil: i don't know the record but generally it is reflective of the moment look at the polls in favor the president. if you are mitt romney you don't have the moment to spare....
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romney, livermore. also very strong in a primary debate, as you just alluded to, especially against gingrich. >> i'm sure fully ready to go push and shove. i hope the talks more about what he will do as president. we all knew -- we all know what obama has done. we don't need to be reminded of all of that. don't make it -- pointing out of the mistakes that the president made. make it a little more about yourself. lori: boxing gloves. >> television is a cool medium. you want your commander in chief, your president to basically looked like he is totally in control. so i would always advise a candidate in a presidential debate to never lose your cool. lori: you raise the issue of tv. it has to be exciting tv. has to be compelling and capture that audience. >> it will be a dramatic audience. and what always happens is, the first debate is the one that everybody watches. and so, people i know starting to vote early. 30-40 percent of the voters voting this time. before, the end of season. so after this debate
romney, livermore. also very strong in a primary debate, as you just alluded to, especially against gingrich. >> i'm sure fully ready to go push and shove. i hope the talks more about what he will do as president. we all knew -- we all know what obama has done. we don't need to be reminded of all of that. don't make it -- pointing out of the mistakes that the president made. make it a little more about yourself. lori: boxing gloves. >> television is a cool medium. you want your...
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romney and mr. ryan are saying it's the president who are into social divisiveness. they are the ones splitting the countries between the have and have nots. they're the one playing the wealth disparity card. >> well, quite the opposite. you know i was a psychologist before i was a political person. in psychology we say that sometimes if someone's got a problem, that they tend to talk about it in ways that is very contradictory to their own feelings. the fact is that mitt romney said 47% of the american people basically are free-loaders parasites. he was talking about good hard working, salt of the earth, ohioans, americans. that started a narrative that built up over a series of months as we watched this man and watched this campaign. and that video confirmed for many ohioans exactly what they were thinking this man may be like. and he can say all he wants to say about class warfare, but he's the one waging it. you know he pays 14.1% in federal income tax. the average ohioan pays more than 20% in f
romney and mr. ryan are saying it's the president who are into social divisiveness. they are the ones splitting the countries between the have and have nots. they're the one playing the wealth disparity card. >> well, quite the opposite. you know i was a psychologist before i was a political person. in psychology we say that sometimes if someone's got a problem, that they tend to talk about it in ways that is very contradictory to their own feelings. the fact is that mitt romney said 47%...
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romney was beaten in 2008. it may have left his campaign termined that he not get stuck th t fliflopr lal ag even though they leave the ads with the lies in them up and sometimes mr. romney goes on tv invents a brand new policy position he's never had before. llowbehind him and quietly releasing statements faeg back his quotes. when mr. romney was asked in an interview last week about one of his immigration advisers. he said he could not confirm whether kris kobch was part of his team. and they y, he's a romney cagnis soe tes annterews r wiim h campaign says what he said was not true. same thing happened last month when mr. romney came out with a whole new policy position on abortion rights. >> i'm in favor ofbortion being legal in the casof rape d incest in the heth othe lif moer. >> he says he believes abortion should be allowed to protect a woman's health. afterwards the campaign said that's not what he believes. oe allppth legal right to have an abortion if you need one to protect your health as a woman. th
romney was beaten in 2008. it may have left his campaign termined that he not get stuck th t fliflopr lal ag even though they leave the ads with the lies in them up and sometimes mr. romney goes on tv invents a brand new policy position he's never had before. llowbehind him and quietly releasing statements faeg back his quotes. when mr. romney was asked in an interview last week about one of his immigration advisers. he said he could not confirm whether kris kobch was part of his team. and they...
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of news for romney. lou: brad, following up won -- on what chris said, with your good council and other luminaries in the republican party, the governor is lacking a unified chorus besides and surrounding him whether it's boehner, the head of the national committee, the senate, and the congressional committees, there is not one, if you will, foundation that's been created by the party for the romney voice to the american people. >> and you're absolutely right, but at the end of the day, people vote for mitt myth. it's going to come down to him being able to communicate a message -- lou: no, no, brad, i understand that. i understand that the republican party continues at this rate, with some of the nonsense coming out of now, home districts rather than capitol hill or from a state for senator, forth with a great view on his own personal foreign policy values, i mean, it's -- this is stuff stuff for the governor to stomach, isn't it? >> it is. when you have a spat with the governor of the important state o
of news for romney. lou: brad, following up won -- on what chris said, with your good council and other luminaries in the republican party, the governor is lacking a unified chorus besides and surrounding him whether it's boehner, the head of the national committee, the senate, and the congressional committees, there is not one, if you will, foundation that's been created by the party for the romney voice to the american people. >> and you're absolutely right, but at the end of the day,...
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ashley: is the romney campaign losing some of its big money donors? charlie gasparino has the exclusive story in moments. tracy: yeah, could we be in another recession. even though the dow is up 127 points right now. the some economists actually think so. we'll look at evidence pointing in that direction. ashley: very very interesting to dig down into the data. time for stocks as we do every 15 minutes. back down to the nyse with nicole petallides. >> ashley, tracy it has been an interesting day here on wall street. we started out with good economic news that helped push us higher. less concern about the european crisis. so we saw a strong euro, weaker dollar and dow moved up to nearly 13,600. cows a couple points away from those levels. we heard from our fed head ben bernanke, which caused things to pull back. talking about a fact that they were a little -- europe continued to be a concern there. right now the dow is still up. a really good day on wall street, right? if you're a bull out there you say i'll take it, up 124 points right now. we're show
ashley: is the romney campaign losing some of its big money donors? charlie gasparino has the exclusive story in moments. tracy: yeah, could we be in another recession. even though the dow is up 127 points right now. the some economists actually think so. we'll look at evidence pointing in that direction. ashley: very very interesting to dig down into the data. time for stocks as we do every 15 minutes. back down to the nyse with nicole petallides. >> ashley, tracy it has been an...
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the 12 point lead over mitt romney romney. how bad is this for the romney campaign? he is a genius behind the 538 blog. welcome, you are a genius. you have an extraordinary grasp. with this book, the of just question to you, 41 day to go, who is going to win? >> we have a think like a gambleler and we have an 80% favorite. that number has been going up. we actually had it first begin to peak after the conventions but since romney's 47% comments we have his 47% win. you talked about the polls are maybe some of the best numbers we have seen for obama in any state that we have seen. almost all of the swing states that you have looked at. jimmy carter has been doing pretty well. what should we see in these polls. what is the reality of their value? >> right now obama in the polls is at 53%. it means it is not good enough for romney to pick up the undecided voters. which might mean like a crisis and you rup. the bullish sign has been in the stock market which has been getting jittery like spain and europe. romney is running out of time like routine things like the debate.
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romney/ryan. romney/ryan. romney/ryan, there we go. that's great. thank you. >> the already weird interpersonal dynamics on the republican ticket reached a poible dezooe knit of awkwaressterys rn romney campaigned with his running mate. as with all complex relationships it wasn't always like this. square jauds and earn had nest as a 1950's sitcom star he sounded ke a lost member of the romney tribe. re reminding people who is the campaign pate tree yashg. >> i'm putting it back into medicare and i'm the guy running for president, not him. >> ryan doesn't always seem to get the message. in days he's been reportedly acting like a rebellious teageroingk t hld ways and giving power point presentations at campaign rallies. >> we can't keep spending money we don't have. today our federal government for every dollar it spends it borrows cents on that dollar. ouy at the top there,ks ar our debt is going to be 2.5 times the size of our economy. >> according to the former political director of the iowa republican party, ryan may have no choice, quote, i hate
romney/ryan. romney/ryan. romney/ryan, there we go. that's great. thank you. >> the already weird interpersonal dynamics on the republican ticket reached a poible dezooe knit of awkwaressterys rn romney campaigned with his running mate. as with all complex relationships it wasn't always like this. square jauds and earn had nest as a 1950's sitcom star he sounded ke a lost member of the romney tribe. re reminding people who is the campaign pate tree yashg. >> i'm putting it back into...
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romney would be the first to say that. does he understand the country, what is going on, i would say absolutely. he has been out in the job market for a long time. he was a community organizer before he became president. working with people day in and day out, you have a better understanding on how to create those jobs. gerri: mrs. romney was on a plane that filled up with smoke and had to make an emergency landing. when something like that, you sit back and say to yourself, is the tone right? there are more important things in the world. >> certainly, there are more important things in life. obviously, the romney's have spent six years running for this office. they will have another life if they do not win this thing. i have watched over the years, i have been in the business for years. i have watched people who have been killed in plane crashes in the course of campaign. who had died of heart attacks. i am sure she was tired and very frightened, as i would be. to a certain extent, you have to understand humaneings work v
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there is a few nigh-- a finite pie, and with romney, everyone can have a bigger pie and share in it, hopefully he can make that vicible to people. whether we have the debates. neil: we'll see, wayne thank you very much. mitt romney is trying to focus more on voters, but republican saying unleashing paul ryan is the g.o.p.'s real ticket to a enough win. >> from program that brought you solyndra. comes another solyndra, we could be betting burned again. climate change. believe it, you fly they will tax you for it. so, no wonder the judge says, don't touch my junk. neil: paul ryan saying that conservative pundits are losing it and inflicting more harm on the republican ticket. rich edison on the message from the running mate, everyone onboard or we're going to lose it. what is your sense about how they are handling this internal intermuriel criticism. >> they say, it will end up shaking out in their favor there have been criticism from folks like governor scott walker who want to see paul ryan of old. we've been getting a little bit of, that back to those big charts as that we're accust
there is a few nigh-- a finite pie, and with romney, everyone can have a bigger pie and share in it, hopefully he can make that vicible to people. whether we have the debates. neil: we'll see, wayne thank you very much. mitt romney is trying to focus more on voters, but republican saying unleashing paul ryan is the g.o.p.'s real ticket to a enough win. >> from program that brought you solyndra. comes another solyndra, we could be betting burned again. climate change. believe it, you fly...
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romney, ryan. romney, ryan. there you go. i guess the question becomes are people pushing him into something he's not? he got good interviews in. is the trouble in parthen roey tes not to be romn? ye ihi i ironic that they're saying let ryan be ryan. but throughout then tire process, we've really not been 100% clear who mitt romney is, right, because the guy who was vernor of massachusetts, had he run as that guy, he would have been more likehe g w o "60 minutes." he's been forced to run this eternal primary where he's constantly trying to please the farthest right base of the republican party and so he isn't really being allowed to make what is supposed to be a pivot to a general election caid so t tbleally is partly that. then they've tried to pull romney into the ryan mold. they vnld allowed ryan to do what he was picked to , which is talksn policy because they understand that would be even more unpolarhat tre putting out there right now? >> is it that his instincts aren't good, he's being given bad advice? somehow it's no
romney, ryan. romney, ryan. there you go. i guess the question becomes are people pushing him into something he's not? he got good interviews in. is the trouble in parthen roey tes not to be romn? ye ihi i ironic that they're saying let ryan be ryan. but throughout then tire process, we've really not been 100% clear who mitt romney is, right, because the guy who was vernor of massachusetts, had he run as that guy, he would have been more likehe g w o "60 minutes." he's been forced to...
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cheryl: i'm not so sure that mitt romney has the best shot here in ohio. if you look back at president barack obama versus john mccain, it was barack, four years ago. not that much as changed in the state of ohio despite the fact that john cage has taken over. >> well, i think romney has a tough road, and unless he wins ohio he almost mathematically cannot become president. he is right that unemployment, it's down in large measure because the president help save the auto industry and 35,000 jobs. fundamentally what is going on in ohio is what is going on another battleground states which is that mitt romney is a fundamentally flawed candidate. the middle class voters -- cheryl: how does he fought? >> rejecting because his basic assumption that tax cuts for the very wealthy will somehow trickle down to the middle-class . people are not buying it. going to create 12 million jobs without telling anybody how he's going to do it at the same time turns around and says there is almost half of the country that thinks he should not be president. cheryl: he has give
cheryl: i'm not so sure that mitt romney has the best shot here in ohio. if you look back at president barack obama versus john mccain, it was barack, four years ago. not that much as changed in the state of ohio despite the fact that john cage has taken over. >> well, i think romney has a tough road, and unless he wins ohio he almost mathematically cannot become president. he is right that unemployment, it's down in large measure because the president help save the auto industry and...
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dagen: the romney ryan tax plan, who does it help the most? who better than to break it down than bret baier. connell: nobody better. our next guest thinks he can change the entire process of selling a house. he's going to join us coming up in a few minutes. but we have some of the currencies here around the world and how they are performing against the dollar. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios thank you, mr. speaker, uh, members of congress. ...but you still have to go to the gym. in celebration of over 75 years of our government employees insurance company, or geico...as most of you know it. ...i propose savings for everyone! i'm talking hundreds here... and furthermore.. newcaster: breaking news. the gecko is demanding free pudding. and political parties that are actual parties! with cake! and presents! ah, that was good. too bad nobody could hear me. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent
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>> reporter: well, david and liz, the questions surrounding the romney/ryan campaign now is basically why they're not doing any better. you've got a weakened president, eight percent plus unemployment, and you see the president beginning to show momentum here in the key state of ohio, down in florida. ryan basically tells fox business that eventually voters will start to see how bad the economy is, and they'll begin to come around to romney and ryan. we also spoke about taxes, more specifically, governor mitt romney's taxes and his 14.1% effective tax rate. ryan says under their new tax plan that governor romney would actually end up paying more. ♪ >> our pro-growth tax reforms are to lower tax rates for everybody by plugging loopholes starting with people like mitt romney -- >> reporter: so he would pay more? >> yeah. here's how it works. higher income people can use lots of tax shelters to shelter some of their income from taxation. close those tax shelters, more of their income is subject to taxation, that allows us to lower tax rates for everybody. >> reporter: ryan says with ta
>> reporter: well, david and liz, the questions surrounding the romney/ryan campaign now is basically why they're not doing any better. you've got a weakened president, eight percent plus unemployment, and you see the president beginning to show momentum here in the key state of ohio, down in florida. ryan basically tells fox business that eventually voters will start to see how bad the economy is, and they'll begin to come around to romney and ryan. we also spoke about taxes, more...
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there is a few nigh-- a finite pie, and with romney, everyone can have a bigger pie and share in it, hopefully he can make that vicible to people. whether we have the debates. neil: we'll see, wayne thank you very much. mitt romney is trying to focus more on voters, but republican saying unleashing paul ryan is the g.o.p.'s real ticket to a enough win. >> from program that brought you solyndra. comes another solyndra, we could be betting burned again. climate change. believe it, you fly they will tax you for it. so, no wonder the judge says, don't touch my junk. 4g lte has the fastest speeds. so let's talk about coverage. based on this chart, who would you choose ? wow. you guys take a minute. zon, hands down. i'm going to show you guys another chart. pretty obvious. i don't think color matters. pretty obvious. what'sretty obvious about it ? that verizon has the coverage. verizon. verizon. we're going to go to another chart. it doesn't really matter how you present it. it doesn't matter how you present it. verizon. more 4g lte coverage than all other networks combined. and what they
there is a few nigh-- a finite pie, and with romney, everyone can have a bigger pie and share in it, hopefully he can make that vicible to people. whether we have the debates. neil: we'll see, wayne thank you very much. mitt romney is trying to focus more on voters, but republican saying unleashing paul ryan is the g.o.p.'s real ticket to a enough win. >> from program that brought you solyndra. comes another solyndra, we could be betting burned again. climate change. believe it, you fly...
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romney, that's not helping. you better finish the thought. >> i have all the confidence in the world in his ability, in his decisiveness, in his leadership skills, in his understanding of the economy, in his understanding of what's missing right now in the economy, you know, the pieces that are missing to get this jump started. so for me i think it would be the emotional part of it. >> right. he's capable, decisive, and emotionally troubled? well, that is an october surprise. let's get right to our panel this afternoon. with us from washington, msnbc political analyst karen finney, who is a democratic strategist. also julian epstein, who is a democratic strategist, and here in new york msnbc political analyst professor michael eric dyson. professor dyson, mitt romney's wife says she's concerned about his mental health. paul ryan says he's inarticulate. if he can't think straight and he can't speak properly, is mitt romney george bush in disguise? >> i'll tell what you. i want to give you the baseline, i don't ha
romney, that's not helping. you better finish the thought. >> i have all the confidence in the world in his ability, in his decisiveness, in his leadership skills, in his understanding of the economy, in his understanding of what's missing right now in the economy, you know, the pieces that are missing to get this jump started. so for me i think it would be the emotional part of it. >> right. he's capable, decisive, and emotionally troubled? well, that is an october surprise. let's...
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the romney from massachusetts or the romney from bain or the romney from nordquist or the neocons? >> the interesting thing about the debate format is each candidate is going to be given a lot of time to answer some of these basic questions. that may not be good for romney. you get the sense, particularly on health care, while governor romney of 2003 could give a good ten-minute answer on health care and what he thought about it, what he wanted to do about it, what he had accomplished in massachusetts, how can mitt romney talk for five minutes on health care, even like 90 seconds without saying something that contradicts something he said the week before, the month before, that gets the base upset, that is confusing, that reporters can't quite understand? i don't know how he does it. he's tied himself into knots on this particular question. on the other side, i do know some obama aides who are a little worried that the president, who sometimes can be overly professorial, may use the time not to his advantage either. they'd like to see more succinct answers. they each have the oppos
the romney from massachusetts or the romney from bain or the romney from nordquist or the neocons? >> the interesting thing about the debate format is each candidate is going to be given a lot of time to answer some of these basic questions. that may not be good for romney. you get the sense, particularly on health care, while governor romney of 2003 could give a good ten-minute answer on health care and what he thought about it, what he wanted to do about it, what he had accomplished in...
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a new ad blasting governor romney on taxes. what does this mean for the final weeks of the campaign? joining me now stephen moore. great to have you. >> hi, lori. lori: the president launched the attack. what is the message voters are getting on tax policy? >> you know it has been a bad week for mitt romney to break the news cycle he has to release his tax data. he paid about $2 million in taxes that year. he gives an extremely, he and his wife are extremely generous. they give millions of dollars to charities and the church each year. one other point i want to emphasize, when you take into account the fact that he is an investor in these companies, when you take into effect the taxes those companies are making, it is not 14%, it is closer to 30%-35%. lori: because of his business investment not resonating with voters. >> it is simply true. the way to think of a corporate income tax is thinking of it as a withholding tax. by the way, as you know very well, lori, it is not just wealthy people who own stocks. it is companies. we
a new ad blasting governor romney on taxes. what does this mean for the final weeks of the campaign? joining me now stephen moore. great to have you. >> hi, lori. lori: the president launched the attack. what is the message voters are getting on tax policy? >> you know it has been a bad week for mitt romney to break the news cycle he has to release his tax data. he paid about $2 million in taxes that year. he gives an extremely, he and his wife are extremely generous. they give...
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we said under the new romney-ryan tax plan would governor romney pay more or less in taxes? ryan says because they will get rid of so many tax deductions governor romney would actually under their plan pay more. back to you. melissa: rich, interesting stuff. do they feel like they're winning people over? i guess they're going to say that because they're politicians but do you think that they feel like they're getting traction? >> they say that. and they feel, they are winning folks over but the problem is, polls in some of these key states don't necessarily show it. overall nationwide you've seen a narrowing since the democratic national convention. you've seen the republicans move more toward the positive. there are troubling signs from them in places like here. like in ohio and in florida, some other battleground states. they have to take either ohio or florida to win this thing. they know that. they have a lot of work to do in places like this. melissa: rich edson, great interview. good job. thank you so much. >> thanks, melissa. melissa: states cut $100 billion worth of
we said under the new romney-ryan tax plan would governor romney pay more or less in taxes? ryan says because they will get rid of so many tax deductions governor romney would actually under their plan pay more. back to you. melissa: rich, interesting stuff. do they feel like they're winning people over? i guess they're going to say that because they're politicians but do you think that they feel like they're getting traction? >> they say that. and they feel, they are winning folks over...
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that's not true. >> i'm disappointed in some of the romney messaging. when he came out in that ad and said he was talking about the middle class and now obamacare is about the middle-class, i thought that was a misstep. it barack obamacare about the middle class would not be raising taxes. i feel like now is the time were you need to really hit obama strong, foreign policy, economic policy, with respect to benghazi. these are all missteps. i want to see a tougher, stronger. lou: well -- >> of victim of a right wing of his own party. a republican can be a credible national candid as long as they put together an economic problem it can cause a fraud. [talking over each other] lou: why is the white house, this president, covering about happened in benghazi and has done so for two weeks? this president refusing to by the way, clearly it is perfectly intellectually correct to say that this president has denied truth and, in fact, we have just learned, they had just arrested the guy who produced that silly and amateurish video which she continues to blame for
that's not true. >> i'm disappointed in some of the romney messaging. when he came out in that ad and said he was talking about the middle class and now obamacare is about the middle-class, i thought that was a misstep. it barack obamacare about the middle class would not be raising taxes. i feel like now is the time were you need to really hit obama strong, foreign policy, economic policy, with respect to benghazi. these are all missteps. i want to see a tougher, stronger. lou: well --...
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mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our rkers." w miomtane cheaters... when he's taking their side? ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you engineer a true automotive breakthrough? ♪ you give it bold new styling, unsurpassed luxury and nearly 1,000 improvements. introducing the redesigned 2013 glk. seeour auored mercedenzle orepalfe through mercedes-benz financial services. droid does. and does it launch apps by voice while learning your voice ? unab droid does. keep left at the fork. does it do turn-by-turn navigation ? droid does. with verizon, america's largest 4g lte network, and motorola, droid does. get $100 off select motorola 4g lte smartphones li the . if we want to improve our schools... ...what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ...nhingranss hool like investing in advanced buteacher education.shows... let's build a strong foundation. let's invest in our teachers so they can inspi
mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our rkers." w miomtane cheaters... when he's taking their side? ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you engineer a true automotive breakthrough? ♪ you give it bold new styling, unsurpassed luxury and nearly 1,000 improvements. introducing the redesigned 2013 glk. seeour auored mercedenzle orepalfe through mercedes-benz financial services. droid does. and does it launch apps by voice while...
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romney and ryan were in this thing together. well, they're not. romney is dying. he can't stand being tied to ryan, and all that budget cutting baggage of his. for his part, ryan is feeling the taint of having a running mate who is unwilling to stand with him, unwilling to be his kind of politician. a conviction politician. so trouble in paradise. mitt's dying to be single again, so is ryan. we all know that politics makes strange bedfellows but the word is out this pair, romney and ryan, are sleeping in separate rooms. i'm joined by msnbc political analyst howard fineman and joy joy-ann reid, managing editor of thegrio.com. more polling data that shows mitt romney trailing. according to a new fox news poll, president obama leads romney by five points among likely voters nationwide. 48% to 43%. catch that, the fox poll. highly significant there. let's go right now to howard on this question. it looks to me like this divorce papers are pretty much out there right now. all that you hear now is romney doesn't really want to be stuc
romney and ryan were in this thing together. well, they're not. romney is dying. he can't stand being tied to ryan, and all that budget cutting baggage of his. for his part, ryan is feeling the taint of having a running mate who is unwilling to stand with him, unwilling to be his kind of politician. a conviction politician. so trouble in paradise. mitt's dying to be single again, so is ryan. we all know that politics makes strange bedfellows but the word is out this pair, romney and ryan, are...
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what is the romney fame? -- thien? i cannot figure out what precisely governor romney is offering as an alternative. >> one to be superficiale mtt what is the motto for mitt romney? >> there isn't one. the president has failed and give me a shot. that is not effective he had to sell himself. you don't get to be president just because of the nomination. if i was running the campaign i would not mention the president. people know he has failed. lou: of all campaigns i have covered and reported, i havepeoe never seen so many peoplethis cr offeringno mitt romney a vice how to turn the campaign around in the final 40 days. they have to sell their alternative. lou: where is paul ryan and? >> invisible they're not focused on what the americans a people want to hear about. with jobs, economic growth and a fast forward for the country to strengthen our position as a nation. lou: that is selling and. but the president with a 13% we are going back to the heart of the t recession over 3.5 years and the economy growing 1.3%, 20 mil
what is the romney fame? -- thien? i cannot figure out what precisely governor romney is offering as an alternative. >> one to be superficiale mtt what is the motto for mitt romney? >> there isn't one. the president has failed and give me a shot. that is not effective he had to sell himself. you don't get to be president just because of the nomination. if i was running the campaign i would not mention the president. people know he has failed. lou: of all campaigns i have covered and...
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governor romney releasing tax returns, paid about 14%, and he could have paid less than that. should he have paid more? i don't mean send a larger check to the treasury, but under a new tax system in the country, would you like to see folks like governor romney have fewer tax deductions available to them? >> that is the premise we make. i say three things. number one, mitt's tax returns say he's a successful businessman. that's a good thing, i think. that's the experience we want. number two, he's a generous man. he and ann are generous people believing in civil society and charities. three, our pro-growth tax reforms are to lower tax rates for everybody by plugging loopholes starting with people like mitt romney. >> he'd pay more? >> yes, people in the top tax bracket. higher income people can use lots of shelters to shelter income from taxation. close those shelters, income is subject to taxation, lowering tax rates for everybody. this is a the secret to economic success. it's worked. it's a bipartisan idea. reagan and o'kneel this in, and it is what we propose today. there
governor romney releasing tax returns, paid about 14%, and he could have paid less than that. should he have paid more? i don't mean send a larger check to the treasury, but under a new tax system in the country, would you like to see folks like governor romney have fewer tax deductions available to them? >> that is the premise we make. i say three things. number one, mitt's tax returns say he's a successful businessman. that's a good thing, i think. that's the experience we want. number...
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hollywood does have all little love for governor romney. the republican presidential nominee managing to raise $6 million at a beverly hills fund-raiser saturday. now, that is only one-third of what george clooney helped president obama race at a fund-rummer, but its $2 million more than what jay-z race for the president recently in new york. it's a positive sign, but we are guessing it does not mean hollywood is, well, throwing over mr. obama and, well, endorsing the romney family values. too bad. well, speaking of liberal hollywood, producers of the block buster movie 2016, obama's america, clamming president obama supporters are sabotaging their movie. they have a good case. creators of the second highest pressing political documentary in history say they had to notify the fbi after someone illegally applauded the movie on youtube over the weekend. there were also false internet rumors that fox is was going to air the fall movie for free. as a result, the film took in less than a million dollars of the weekend, down 27% from the previous
hollywood does have all little love for governor romney. the republican presidential nominee managing to raise $6 million at a beverly hills fund-raiser saturday. now, that is only one-third of what george clooney helped president obama race at a fund-rummer, but its $2 million more than what jay-z race for the president recently in new york. it's a positive sign, but we are guessing it does not mean hollywood is, well, throwing over mr. obama and, well, endorsing the romney family values. too...
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so you went up against mitt romney and prepared the ads against mitt romney. what kind of guy, how do we deal with this guy? what do you predict we're looking at tomorrow night? >> listen, i have to say mitt romney has come a long way from those debates in 1994. he's a much better debater today. much more seasoned than when he was beginning his political career so many years ago. he's been in 20 presidential debates in this election cycle against republicans, some very high stakes. so, i think we'll see a mitt romney who's totally prepared. they've spent more time preparing for this debate, i think, than any candidate in history. and in 1988 i was the campaign manager for lloyd benson, and i saw senator benson go from someone who wasn't that good to being a great debater on the night he met dan quayle. we have to expect he'll be prepared and give a very good performance. >> will he have to give specifics? what will independents want to hear? >> well, you know, that's his problem. i mean, listen, this guy cannot defend the math of his proposals because in the m
so you went up against mitt romney and prepared the ads against mitt romney. what kind of guy, how do we deal with this guy? what do you predict we're looking at tomorrow night? >> listen, i have to say mitt romney has come a long way from those debates in 1994. he's a much better debater today. much more seasoned than when he was beginning his political career so many years ago. he's been in 20 presidential debates in this election cycle against republicans, some very high stakes. so, i...
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romney, romney, romney, romney, romney, romney, romney, romney. >> as governor, when this man was governor, he didn't blame, he didn't duck, he didn't demagog. he got things done. unemployment went doing. the credit rating was improved. household income went up. he reached across the aisle. he balanced the budget without raising taxes. that is the kind of leadership we need in washington. that is not what we have. ladyies and gentleman he has not only succeeded but he has succeeded where others could not. this president is not succeeding. this president cannot run on his record. this president is going to say anything and everything to try and blame, to try and duck, to try and distort, to try and defy, to try and distract, to try and win by default. you know what, ohio? we are not going to let him. we are going to let mitt romney, the next president of the united states, ladies and gentleman, mitt romney. (applause). >> that is quote a guy, isn't it? that is paul ryan. wait, wait, wait, romney-ryan. romney-ryan. romney-ryan. there we go. that is right. thank you senator rand paul for bein
romney, romney, romney, romney, romney, romney, romney, romney. >> as governor, when this man was governor, he didn't blame, he didn't duck, he didn't demagog. he got things done. unemployment went doing. the credit rating was improved. household income went up. he reached across the aisle. he balanced the budget without raising taxes. that is the kind of leadership we need in washington. that is not what we have. ladyies and gentleman he has not only succeeded but he has succeeded where...
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newmitt romney? >> it's very important. this is his second time to make an impression. the first time was during the republican convention. the second time is in a situation where he's going to be asked very specific, detailed policy questions and in fairness he gets a chance to put president obama on the defensive the but to sflan to the american people specifically what he wants. here's the unfortunate truth about this, chris. both presidential candidates, president obama and governor romney are smart individuals. this is going to be a very good debate, because both are policy wonks and they're not afraid to answer a detailed question. >> nera, this morning chuck todd said to be honest -- they're both smart men, but neither is a great debater. he thinks the vice presidential debate will be a lot more interesting. however, mitt romney has 20 primary debates under his belt and president obama has none this time around. if you look at history, the past four incumbent presidents have had a difficult ti
newmitt romney? >> it's very important. this is his second time to make an impression. the first time was during the republican convention. the second time is in a situation where he's going to be asked very specific, detailed policy questions and in fairness he gets a chance to put president obama on the defensive the but to sflan to the american people specifically what he wants. here's the unfortunate truth about this, chris. both presidential candidates, president obama and governor...
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you were with mitt romney for ten years. >> 93 to 2,000. stuart: mitt romney the man. the personality. i am saying the man is too nice. a lot of people saying he is too nice and cannot go on the attack and stick it to his opponent. >> in private he was mighty tough but he is the very fact based analytical guy who cares about your opinion but once you to back up your opinion. difficult to communicate that through the media where you speak in sound bites and a lot of emotion and intuition goes behind the message. that is not a world he lived in. he lived in a world of fact and analysis. stuart: seen him lose his temper? stuart: yes. stuart: when bang his fist on the table? >> he would talk to your face and explain his point of view and why he thought you weren't thinking of something the right way. stuart: forgive me for asking a personal question. he loses his temper. would you? >> he lost his temper with me over politics at times. stuart: i use some kind of liberal? >> we definitely see things differently and i am not a liberal. stuart: get right in your face? >> he is
you were with mitt romney for ten years. >> 93 to 2,000. stuart: mitt romney the man. the personality. i am saying the man is too nice. a lot of people saying he is too nice and cannot go on the attack and stick it to his opponent. >> in private he was mighty tough but he is the very fact based analytical guy who cares about your opinion but once you to back up your opinion. difficult to communicate that through the media where you speak in sound bites and a lot of emotion and...
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the best attack ad on romney is mitt romney. to pick up on michael and michelle's point, what is romney going to come with in the campaign to have a good showing? he can't talk about taxes with tacks being the lowest they have been in 50 years. he can't talk about medicaid and medicare because their policies are unpopular. he can't talk about foreign policy, he doesn't have anything. the only thing he can argue is that obama has not been a good steward of the economy, but as we know, obama has a very good answer to that. and that's on offense. then you think about what he has to do on defense. he's going to be on the defense on the 47%. he's going to be on defense on his tax question. i mean, this is a guy who doesn't have very much to work with at this point. so it's hard for me to see, even if he doesn't make a major gaffe, which he does on a weekly basis, even if he doesn't, what ammunition does he have to actually have a good showing? >> i'm told there are examples of elections turning on debates, president bush for example
the best attack ad on romney is mitt romney. to pick up on michael and michelle's point, what is romney going to come with in the campaign to have a good showing? he can't talk about taxes with tacks being the lowest they have been in 50 years. he can't talk about medicaid and medicare because their policies are unpopular. he can't talk about foreign policy, he doesn't have anything. the only thing he can argue is that obama has not been a good steward of the economy, but as we know, obama has...
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and romney can still catch up. stuart: your honor, that would be mayor rudy guiliani, thanks for joining us. much obliged to you. >> thank you, sir. stuart: most polls have romney and obama, well, some of the polls, especially those that take a poll of likely voters, they've got president obama and governor romney pretty close. but doug schoen, now he's a pollster with 35 years of experience says we're doing the voters a major disservice by focusing on those polls. he says there's something missing. we'll have the full story for you, it will be one of our new at ten stories and doug will join us to talk about it, with us the full hour at ten o'clock. president obama continues to double down on green energy. smith electric received 32 million dollars of taxpayer grants to build a battery powered vehicle factory in kansas city. here is president obama visiting that plant in 2010. >> one of those decisions was to provide critical funding to promising innovative businesses like smith electric vehicles. and because we d
and romney can still catch up. stuart: your honor, that would be mayor rudy guiliani, thanks for joining us. much obliged to you. >> thank you, sir. stuart: most polls have romney and obama, well, some of the polls, especially those that take a poll of likely voters, they've got president obama and governor romney pretty close. but doug schoen, now he's a pollster with 35 years of experience says we're doing the voters a major disservice by focusing on those polls. he says there's...